Trails!

Providence hills loop.  It was a whopping 7°outside today.  The roads were pretty slick in spots.  Luckily I went out early enough that there were very few cars out.  I could take up the whole road when I wanted.  This is treadmill weather.

T-1:09:30 (7:19) 152

*** 3000+ miles for the year!

The plan was 11 miles today.  That was until I looked outside.  It was coming down fast and furious.  I ventured out and slipped my way through 8 miles before I was sopping wet and cold.  Good enough for today.

T-60:00 (7:30) 153

Cold (8°) but dry today.  I spent most of the run in one of the two tracks that cars make with their tires.  Made for better traction.  I ran into Millville and ran up 550 N and came back through Providence.  I hit the hills hard and took it easy on the flats.

T-1:09:33 (6:57) 161

It was beyond cold this morning.  0°!  I have to admit that it does look cool to have all the trees with 3 inches of fur (frost) on them, but it is not worth it. I have to say that at that temperature an hour is about all I can handle before frostbite sets in.  Even my car REALLY didn't want to wake up.  Alright, after all that whining...

8 miles easy (Planet walk 4 mile loop twice)

T-1:00:52 (7:37) 149

Not so cold today (33°).  It actually felt pretty decent.  That is until I got away from the shelter of the bldg.  Man!, was the wind whipping.  I did the Young ward short loop.  I was smart enough to see that the wind was coming from the Southwest so I did the loop the opposite direction than normal so the wind was at my back when I was out exposed in the farm fields.  It worked out perfect.  I was flying along at 6:30 pace when the wind was at my back.  Weather.com says 20-40mph winds and I believe it.  The biggest pain was the drifting snow.  It made my ankles very cold.

Big move today.  We are excited to be out of the apartment and into our new home!  Picked an awesome day to do it.  There should be 6 fresh inches of snow by the time we move this evening.  

T-57:45 (7:13) 160

I spent the whole day (16 hours) moving and unpacking.  Thanks to nice neighbors and friends it went pretty fast.  I could have run, but I just didn't make time for it.  I felt like I ran a marathon by the end though.  Very tired.